The Elite

Let me just start from the very beginning and explain who I am.

Hi my name is Linnaea Castro and I am the second born to the Alpha, by like two minutes, my brother Linndon has always beat me in everything so why not being first born as well.

I’m actually glad he beat me out of the womb he has way more responsibilities than I do. While I get to relax after training he has to do paperwork with our Dad really late every night. I truly don’t envy Linndon but I do wish my parents would look at me with even half of the love they look at my brother with.

“O crap I’m late”

I look at my clock and I see that its 7:15. I have over slept again and my dad is going to kill me for sure this time. I jump out of bed and run to my closet, I just grab the first clothes I see. I pull on a pair of navy blue running leggings, a black sports bra, and a navy blue tank top. I grab my training shoes and my gym bag then I run down the stairs and out of the house to the training grounds.

My Dad, Alpha James, hates it with a passion when anyone is late to training.
He can be a real stickler when it comes to tardy’s but I feel like he is twenty times worse when I’m the one who is tardy. I just think he is like that with me because I’m his daughter and he expects better from me but I know that no one will defend me so I’m an easier target for him.

I look through the crowd to try and find my best friend Jackson. He is the first born son of our Beta so some day he will be my brothers Beta. He is everything you would want a Beta to be, he gets along with everyone in the pack, he is really book smart, he can hold his own against even the best of the elite guard, and he is so kind to even the worst souls.
O did I mention he is incredibly handsome, he is 6’4 with tan skin, bright blue eyes, and dirty blonde hair. All the girls in our pack are hoping to be his mate.

As I see Jackson in the crowd I try and morph into it and get closer to him.

“Pssst Jackson”

I see him look around.

“Boy I’m right here look down”

“O there you are Linn I didn’t see you all the way down there”.

“ I don’t understand why you always do that, it’s not my fault you are a giant now. Anyways what did I miss?”

I look around to see everyone is listening to the Alpha. Jackson nudges me and whispers,

“Your Dad’s telling everyone about the upcoming ceremonies at the Alpha Kings Palace for the Winter Ball.”

O great that’s literally the last thing I want to listen to right now, I should have taken more time getting ready this morning. But since I’m here I will just listen to what he has to say,

“ The Alpha King has sent out strict orders that if you are of age and have not found your mate before the Winter Ball you have too attend all ceremonies. If you are unmated and try not to attend there will be severe punishments in store for you. Now that we are done with announcements let’s start training with a 2 miles jog, now who wants to lead it today?”

Crap he knew I was late and he is about to serve out his own punishment to me, ugh I literally hate my life sometimes.

“Linnaea get up here, since you were late again you get the pro slave of leading the run”.

I freaking knew he was going to do that, he can never pass up an opportunity to mess with me.

“Yes Alpha”

I jog up to the front and I have everyone start their stretch’s. Once everyone is nice a limbered up we start running.
So you might not think it’s a punishment to lead the run but that is where you would be wrong.

When you are the leader of the run everyone else in the pack is after your spot, they will literally try anything to be the first to finish. I don’t know who started it this way but when you are the strongest pack in North America then you have very weird traditions.

Dad blows the whistle and I take off, I have to put as much distance between me and everyone else in the pack. The people of the pack are brutal on a nice day and on bad days all they smell is blood. I would rather this be a good day but after my Dads announcement a lot of people look upset and now I’m their target.

I’m sprinting as fast as I can, not many people are faster than I am but there are a few of the male warriors who can keeps up. It’s my alpha blood that makes me stronger than all the other females and maybe that’s why I was never able to make friends with the girls.

I can hear a few of them gaining on me, as I jump over a tree I glance behind me. Big mistake, Linndon and his followers are gaining quickly and they don’t look to happy. This makes me push myself even harder because I know how ruthless that group can be. I can hear the river just ahead and that marks the first mile. Bobbing and weaving around the trees and bushes is second nature to me.

Something hard hits me in my back but I don’t stop, then another, then a larger one and the pain from it made me loose my focus. I went to jump over the river and didn’t judge the distance far enough and fell straight into the freezing water. As I struggle to get up I see my brother sneer at me and pull me out of the water.

“I don’t understand why Dad keeps you around. You are always holding this pack back. When I’m Alpha you will not be here anymore wasting my time.”

“You are not Alpha yet big brother”

“Watch your mouth baby sister, you don’t want me to rearrange that pretty face of yours do you?”

I can hear the rest of the pack coming and that’s when I see Jackson leading them. He see’s me and immediately jogs over.

Hey Linndon what’s happening over here?”

“O hey Jack, I was just trying to help my sister up after she slipped and fell in the river.”

“ Well that was very brotherly of you, hey want to make a bet?”

My brother was always a fool for bets so as soon as Jackson said “bet” he had Linndon hooked.

“What’s the bet Jack”?

“I bet I can beat you back to the Alpha”.

“O bro you are on”.

“ Ready........ GOOO!!!!!”

I sigh in relief and thank Jackson through our mind link. I finish jogging the rest of the way back by myself, as always, when I get back I can see the disappointment on my Dad’s face. That seems to be the only face he can show me now days so I’m pretty used to it.


“LINNAEA” my father yells over the pack ruckus.

I quickly make my way over to him.

“I want to speak to you in my office after training”

“Yes Alpha”

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